I always walk a straight line

I follow the same thick path

I walk with force and take long strides

and try to never look back.

but when the record breaks

and skips and skips and skips

I can only feel like I am walking backwards

and I feel my sanity start to slip.

you're caught in the middle

a grave sight in the center of rosebushes

the last stone that finally broke due to wear

every step that echoes down the hall.

you're the beginning

but you're so close to the end

the middle cant even find you

tell me, what makes you bend?

the time laps is outright truthful

you'll trust the world before you even know your own self

you walk among the commoners

to see if you can find an empty shelf.

your emotions cannot save you

you have broken what is already gone

a step, a turn, a glance too fast

your past is already lost.

Captain M. R. Burns

You cannot break the will of my soul

with words and glances you throw

you arm yourself to puncture my skin

yet my scars are all my own

I've seen that lately

you cannot break me

you cannot mend my solid case

It's only me

I hold the key

that controls this strong device

I will not bend

you cannot break me

with my will I shall not fail these words,

you will not command me

you will not shape me

I never put the clay in your hands

I am my maker

I swim through my dreams

I am stronger than I will ever believe

with every breath and every step

I will become more durable with every gap or gash.

right now, my best friend of 14+ years is in Uganda. She is serving her mission and faith and loving every minute of it and all I want to do is hold her and cry.

I love you KP, keep calm and carry on. <3